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Jamaican political leader Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a big supporter of Pan Africanism – the return of the displaced African diaspora (blacks living in other countries) to their homeland of Africa. He predicted that a black king would unite the Africans.

This video speaks on how Haile Selassie — who was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930 — touched the hearts of so many Jamaicans and heavily influenced the Rasta culture.